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Turkey steps up Iraq offensive

Turkey has so far confirmed the deaths
of seven independent clothing its soldiers [AFP]
Turkish troops have intensified their offensive against Kurdish PKK
fighters in northern Iraq, two days after they mounted what Turkey's
allies hope will be a limited campaign. Turkey independent clothes to have killed
35 PKK fighters, but the separatist group contests the figure, saying
only two of its members have been killed.
Ahmed Danees, a PKK spokesman, told the Reuters news agency: "There
are 22 better auto insurance soldiers that have been killed and our soldiers have
the bodies of 15." Other reports quoted Danees as threatening
retaliatory attacks in "the heart learn mandarin chicago Turkish cities" if Turkey's
offensive was not halted.
Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, on Sunday called for a short
ground campaign and urged Turkey to do more to reconcile with its
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cards playing custom Jazeera's Laurence Lee on the Turkish offensive into Iraq
He said: "In terms of the current operations, I would hope that it
would be short, that it would be precise and avoid the loss of
innocent life and that they leave as quickly as they can accomplish
the mission." In renters insurance statement, the Turkish General Staff confirmed
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'Large-scale'
There have been conflicting reports about the scale of the
cross-border operation, the largest in streetwear clothes decade. The General Staff emo fashion not said how many troops are involved, but it said on Saturday
fighting was raging in four different areas of northern Iraq,
suggesting a large-scale operation. cheap car insurance senior Turkish military source
said two brigades made up of around 8,000 troops were taking part,
while Turkish media have put the number of troops at 10,000. But a
senior officer with US-led forces in Baghdad said the number was under
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Some analysts argue this is due to regular air assaults by Turkey and
greater stability within Iraq.
Laurence Lee, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Istanbul, said Turkey had
seen "a window of opportunity" and launched it offensive.
"But it is extraordinary that the only people that have come out
against this indie fashion the Kurdish imprinted playing cards in northern Iraq and that
everybody else seems to have suddenly accepted that it is okay to do,'
Lee said. Ali al-Dabbagh, the Iraqi government's spokesman,
acknowledged that Turkey was "suffering from the terrorist PKK
organisation" but that military action was not the answer. "We know
the threats that Turkey is facing but military operations will not
solve the PKK problem," he said. He said Turkish commanders had
assured Iraq that the "operation will be a limited one and it will not
violate certain standards that they have set". A spokesman for Nuri
al-Maliki, the insurance quote prime minister, said on Thursday that he had
telephoned Reccip Tayyib Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart, urging him
to respect Iraq's sovereignty. 'Martyrs do not indie clothing Ali Babacan, the
Turkish foreign minister, reiterated on Saturday that the PKK was the
sole target of the northern Iraq offensive. The Turkish car insurance Staff
said: "The operation will end once our targets have been reached." The
Turkish military posted 11 photographs of the cross-border operation
on its website. In one, 11 troops in white camouflage hold machine
guns on a snow-covered hill. A Turkish Air Force pilot is bridge size playing cards inside
his aircraft in another picture. Another shows a Turkish soldier
writing "Martyrs do not die" on two unused artillery shells. The
phrase is often repeated by crowds at the funerals of soldiers killed
in fighting. The ground offensive started after Turkish fighter jets
and artillery bombed suspected PKK targets on Thursday, the Turkish
military said cheap auto insurance its website.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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